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@minoteries @anni fibrin Letters .Patent No. 79,574., dated July 7, 18.68.

IMPROVEMENT IN CULINARY VESSBLS.`

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Be it known that I, (LA. JOHNSON, -of Des Moines, in the county of Polkand in the Statev ofu'lfolwa,l have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Apparatus for steaming and'Mashing Potatoes andl other Vegetables, and keeping them warm; anddo hereby declare that the followi'ng'isfa full, clear,land erect;

description thereof,referencebeinghad to the a'ccompnying drawings, and to the-letters of reference marked.'-

thereom- The nature of myw'invention-*consists in the construction and: arrangements of two'p'ots, one fitting into the other, and connectedrby means-of a spout fromthe lower pot, andppe through the cover of the upper pot, so that the steam may be conducted fromthe lower pot to the top ofthe vegetablesor lother article in the upper.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention', I will now proceed to describe its con- Astruction end operationu t i In theannexed drawings, making part of this speoication', A and B represent two castmetal pots, which l are made, in general construction,veryvsimilar to those belonging to the common cooking-stove furniture, having?- v rims around their bottms,an`d beng'oi` such size as to fit the 'holes of the stove for which `they are designed. t The upper pot,'B, is also constructed so that its bottom will fit snugly and almost steam-tight upon thetop of v -pot A'. The bottom of pot B is made almost globe-shaped. Y The pot B is provided with `two` covers, one, '0, which'is hinged, and provided with a hole iu its tgp, and;

the other, D, which fits snugly in the hole of cover C, and which isprovided with a steam-pipe, E. This pipe E turns-downward, and connects with a spout, F, of the lowerpot, A. Water being. placed in the lower po'L';

und vegetables in the upper, the spout F and pipe E serve to. convey thesteam from the lower into the upper,

for the purpose of cooking the vegetables.

The cover D and pipe E are only. used while the process of steamingfood is going on. .As soon asthe vegetables have been sulliciently steamed, the cover r1D is removed, and v1a. vegetable-masher inserted through the opening in cover C. The openinglin this cover, beingcomparatively small, enablesthe operator to use the masher with great facility, giving it the while avhorizonta'l rotary motion,I as well as an up-anddown motion, for mashing the vegetables. l l I, y

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

The pots A and B, fitted' together, and connected by means of the `spout F, pipe E, and covers C and D, when used substantially as and for .the purpose set forth. I l' ln testimony that I claim lthe foregoing, I have hereuntoset my hond,`this 30th day of December, 1867.

` C. A. JOHNSON.,

v Witnesses:

J. M. Gmrriru's, E. M. WRIGHT. 

